Rethinking Britain

Foreword ~ Patrick Allen;


Introduction ~ Jeremy Smith;





Interlude: 'Mirror, mirror, on the wall - who has the highest debt of all?' ~ Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies;





PART ONE: BUILDING A FULL-EMPLOYMENT ECONOMY;


Introduction ~ John Weeks;


When is austerity an appropriate economic policy? ~Sue Konzelmann;


Using the budget to manage output and employment ~ John Weeks;


Why assessing the equality impact of economic policies matters ~ Susan Himmelweit and Mary-Ann Stephenson;


How should we manage inflation? ~ John Weeks;


What should guide monetary policy? ~ Jan Toporowski;


Does the UK really have too much debt? ~ John Weeks;


The macroeconomic role of progressive taxation ~ John Weeks;


How do we build a fairer tax system? ~ Richard Murphy;


Should we have fiscal rules? ~ Jeremy Smith;





Interlude: Has privatisation come off the rails? ~ Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies;





PART TWO ~ PUBLIC INVESTMENT - PRIORITISING SOCIETY RATHER THAN PROFIT;


Introduction ~ Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies;


How could we build competitive new UK industries? ~ Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies;


Reindustrialising the UK ~ Antonio Andreoni and Ha-Joon Chang;


How can labour law be the instrument of progressive economic policy? ~ Keith D. Ewing and John Hendy QC;


Wage policy and public investment for sustainable development ~ OEzlem Onaran;


How do we build a sustainable economy? ~ Dan O'Neill


Investing in social infrastructure ~ Susan Himmelweit;


Why should the railway be renationalised? ~ Jeff Tan;


How can we fix the broken energy sector? ~ Hulya Dagdeviren;





Interlude: Why should citizens invest in losses, rather than for profit? ~ Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies;





PART THREE: MAKING FINANCE WORK FOR SOCIETY;


Introduction ~ Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies;


Why the UK needs a much better Companies Act ~ Simon Deakin;


What should be the limits to limited liability? ~ Colin Haslam;


Why do we need publicly listed companies? ~ Alan Shipman;


How can citizens' wealth funds address the problem of inequality? ~ Stewart Lansley;


How can finance better serve the real economy? ~ Alan Shipman;


How can we channel credit to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)? ~ John Marlow;


What can we learn from Germany's national development bank? ~ Stephany Griffith-Jones and Natalya Naqvi;





Interlude: Safe as (council) houses... ~ Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies;





PART FOUR: GENUINE SOCIAL SECURITY;


Introduction ~ Susan Himmelweit;


How can we tackle the UK's private debt crisis? ~ Johnna Montgomerie;


How can we address the concerns of renters, without crashing house prices? ~ Beth Stratford and Duncan McCann;


How do we make occupational pension funds fit for purpose? ~ Bruno Bonizzi and Jennifer Churchill;


How can we stop the social security system aggravating mental distress? ~ John Grahl;


Reconstructing social security ~ Simon Deakin;


How could Universal Basic Income (UBI) improve social security? ~ Stewart Lansley and Howard Reed;


Would Universal Basic Income (UBI) address the causes of inequality, ill-being and injustice? ~ Ian Gough;





Interlude: What is 'social' infrastructure - and why does it matter so much? ~ Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies;





PART FIVE: HOW TO PROVIDE FOR SOCIAL NEEDS;


Introduction ~ Susan Himmelweit;


How can we stop privatisation of public services? ~ Leslie Huckfield;


What has the market done to the English NHS and with what should we replace it? ~ Pauline Allen;


What's the best way to tackle health inequalities? ~ Kate Pickett;


What's the best way of delivering social care? ~ Jane Lethbridge;


How do we make drug prices an easier pill for the NHS to swallow? ~ Dean baker;


How much would high-quality childcare cost and how would we pay for it? ~ Jerome De Henau;


What should be done about private schools? ~ Francis Green and David Kynaston;


How do we make lifelong learning a reality for all? ~ Liz Marr;





Conclusion ~ Jeremy Smith;


Jargon busters


References and further reading